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Dr. H. __ : Amidst the troubled days of life there are some that we love to remember.The 21st of July 37 is one that memory will bring before me, with all its associated pleasures. I had remained in the Indian camp several days in the tip-toe of anxiety to witness what my imagination had surrounded with a scene of romantic interest – Indian Council. In what I had already witnessed among the Indians reality had exceeded anticipation.; but I have often read and heard of Indian eloquence – of their condensity of thought; and force of expression and force of expression – and the thought in regard to the Council.; would [illegible] [illegible] - am I to be disappointed? We know how frequently the enchantment which distances and description give, dissolve when we near the object, and the unveiled truth presents itself.

I was up early. The morning was bright and unclouded. The foliage of the forest trees-the immeasurable and various species of wild flowers – and the rank grass waving under the influence of a gentle breeze seemed to be lit up with unusual freshness and brilliancy; what a beautiful sheet of placid water contributed to give additional beauty to the wild and uncultivated

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Dr. H. __ : Amidst the troubled days of life there are some that we love to remember.The 21st of July 37 is one that memory will bring before me, with all its associated pleasures. I had remained in the Indian camp several days in the tip-toe of anxiety to witness what my imagination had surrounded with a scene of romantic interest – Indian Council. In what I had already witnessed among the Indians reality had exceeded anticipation.; but I have often read and heard of Indian eloquence – of their condensity of thought; and force of expression and force of expression – and the thought in regard to the Council.; would [illegible] [illegible] - am I to be disappointed? We know how frequently the enchantment which distances and description give, dissolve when we near the object, and the unveiled truth presents itself.

I was up early. The morning was bright and unclouded. The foliage of the forest trees-the immeasurable and various species of wild flowers – and the rank grass waving under the influence of a gentle breeze seemed to be lit up with unusual freshness and brilliancy; what a beautiful sheet of placid water contributed to give additional beauty to the wild and uncultivated